What to do on a Friday night with the in laws visiting? There's only one alternative, trying to fix the Phantom woofers. Removing the screws holding the magnet didn't do much.
As I suspected the magnet was glued in place too. It wouldn't budge at all, so the solution was obvious; when in doubt, use brute force. A little preparation was required before pretending to be Hulk Hogan.
I needed to make the holes in the chassis larger to have a bit more play before using my Hogan powers, and later adjusting the magnet. You can see the carefullyish placed masking tape of the cheapest kind and the nozzle of my vacuum cleaner. What you can't see is my lovely drill with an 8 mm metal drill bit attached used for enlarging the holes. I haven't grown a third arm yet, so there's no action picture of the drilling operation, sorry. I'm working on growing a third arm on my forehead for taking pictures, but I haven't succeeded. Anyway, after enlarging the holes it was time to release my Hogan powers! A simple screwdriver was my accessory.
I didn't need to use my super powers to loosen the magnet, my body weight was enough. Firmly pressing down on the screwdriver, one hand on each side of woofer, the magnet came loose. It's a smart move to still have the screws attached to avoid damaging the voice coil. I had to use all my weight to get the magnet loose. Next up, the dreaded magnet adjustment.
That turned out to be quite easy. On the first try the magnet was centred and the scraping noises were gone. It turned out to be beginners luck, more on that later. Carefully tightening the screws a tiny bit at a time not to get the alignment off again, it was time to play this evening's tune.
Before I could play the lovely piece of music I had to assemble my high tech woofer testing rig. More on that in the next post.
As I suspected the magnet was glued in place too. It wouldn't budge at all, so the solution was obvious; when in doubt, use brute force. A little preparation was required before pretending to be Hulk Hogan.
I needed to make the holes in the chassis larger to have a bit more play before using my Hogan powers, and later adjusting the magnet. You can see the carefullyish placed masking tape of the cheapest kind and the nozzle of my vacuum cleaner. What you can't see is my lovely drill with an 8 mm metal drill bit attached used for enlarging the holes. I haven't grown a third arm yet, so there's no action picture of the drilling operation, sorry. I'm working on growing a third arm on my forehead for taking pictures, but I haven't succeeded. Anyway, after enlarging the holes it was time to release my Hogan powers! A simple screwdriver was my accessory.
I didn't need to use my super powers to loosen the magnet, my body weight was enough. Firmly pressing down on the screwdriver, one hand on each side of woofer, the magnet came loose. It's a smart move to still have the screws attached to avoid damaging the voice coil. I had to use all my weight to get the magnet loose. Next up, the dreaded magnet adjustment.
That turned out to be quite easy. On the first try the magnet was centred and the scraping noises were gone. It turned out to be beginners luck, more on that later. Carefully tightening the screws a tiny bit at a time not to get the alignment off again, it was time to play this evening's tune.
Before I could play the lovely piece of music I had to assemble my high tech woofer testing rig. More on that in the next post.
Living room: Kii Three/BXT with Control.
Den: Tannoy Precision 8 iDP with TS112 iDP subwoofer.
In the cupboard, waiting for a sibling: 1st gen. Phantom Silver running DOS1
My Phantom Voyage
Den: Tannoy Precision 8 iDP with TS112 iDP subwoofer.
In the cupboard, waiting for a sibling: 1st gen. Phantom Silver running DOS1
My Phantom Voyage
